Combined unitary curtain and shade support



March 4, 1941.

H. R. WESTFALL ET AL COMBINED UNITARY CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT Filed Oct. 4, 1939 W Wnoif'all 'MYM Patented Mar. 4, 1941 r 2,234,099

UNITED srares PATENT orrice COMBINED UNITARY CURTAIN AND SHADE SUPPORT Harold R. Westfall and Woodward W. Westfall, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Application October 4, 1939, Serial No. 297,932

Claims. (01. 15623) This invention relates to supports for both curtutes the means for securing the curtain and tains and shades and has for its primary object shade fixtures in position.

to provide a simple and inexpensive construction The rod 3 includes right and left hand threadwhich may be employed as a unit in supporting ed bolts 4 and 5 and a tube 6 provided with right 5 both of these articles. and left hand threads for cooperation with the 5' Another object of the invention resides in probolts 4 and 5. It will thus be seen that by rotaviding a unitary shade and curtain support which tion of the tube 6 the rod 3 may be extended or is readily adjustable to suit window frames of contracted as desiredvarious widths. Fixed on the outer end of each bolt 4-5 is a A further object of the invention consists in plate 1 p efe of ecta u ar fo m. lidab y providing such a support which may be readily mounted on each plate 1 is a bracket 8 of righti installed by a novice and without in any way 'muangular form providing inner and outer arms. tilating or marring the window frame on which The inner arm 9 of each bracket is formed with it is installed. inturned flanges I0 providing a dove-tailed Another object of the invention consists in the groove in which is slidably received the plate 1 15 provision of a shade and curtain support in which on each end of the rod 3. By rotating the tube the curtain may be supported on the level with 5 in the proper direction it will be understood the shade roller or above the same, as desired. that the brackets 3 m y e p d against the Another object of the invention consists in proinner faces of the frame, as indicated in Figure viding a curtain and shade support which may 1. In order to provide a suitable finish for the 20 be readily adapted .to support Venetian blinds. support and conceal the threads of bolts 4-5 A further object of the invention resides in the sleeves or tubes II are slidably o ted on the provision of a simplified curtain and shade suptube These tubes may b moved e right port in which means are provided for concealing and left as Shown in Figure 3 S0 as t p et y the structure of t main Supporting ban envelop the exposed ends of the screw bolts 4-5 other Objects and advantages f the invention particularly where the rod 3 has been considerwill be apparent from the following description ably extended fit relatively Wide WindoW when taken in connection with the accompanyframe- 3 mg drawing in which, The outer arms l2 of the brackets 8 are adapt- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the upper ed to lie against the front faces of the window tion of a window frame with the novel curtain .frame and are pmllded Wlth upper andlower and shade Support mounted therein. nturned flanges to provide horizontally extend- Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on line mg dove-tailed grooves. Sl1dably mounted in f Fi 1 d 1 ki i h each of the arms [2 of the brackets 8 is a chang an 00 mg n t e dlrection of the nel member l3. Within each channel member 35 I 3 is adjustably mounted a shade fixture M of ggif 23 23 fgggg g iz fi g fiig usual construction for receiving the ends of the conventional shade roller indicated at I5 in Figt zg combmed i p 15 mounted ure 3. Also adjustably mounted in each of the trons o e main rod emg broken away and channel members '3 is a plate '6 provided with 40 E i i shade rods bemg mdlcated m an upward extension I! on which is supported a 0 fixture l8 for receiving and supporting an end Figure 4 1s a detail perspective view of a dove-' of a conventional curtain pole |9 shown in tai1,supprti ng j ted lines in Figures 1 and 3. 5 f Figure 5 1s a similar view of one of the clips By employing the upwardly extending arms n 5 or supportmg a curtam pole and for the curtain fixtures 18 it will be apparent that Figure 6 is a front elevational view, partly in the curtain may be supported from a lane sect1on, of a slightly modified construction for slightly above the plane of Support f r the Slade s pp l Venetlan b11I1 dS- roller [5. However, if it is desired to support both f m P 0 t e drawlng m greater (18138111, the curtains and the shade from the same plane numeral I indica s th conventional Window then an ordinary curtain fixture 20 such as inframe provided with the usual window 2. dicated in Figure 5 may be substituted for the Clamped against the inner faces of the frame I fixture Il--I8 shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. adjacent the top thereof is an extensible rod, gen- From the structure as thus far described it will erally referred to by the numeral 3, which constibe noted that a substantially unitary device is 5 provided for supporting both curtains and shades, that it is adjustable to various widths of window frames without the use of special tools or workmanship, that it can be mounted without mutilation of the window frame, and that even when mounted in place it is also adjustable to suit dif-' ferent lengths of shade rollers and curtain poles by adjusting the positions of the channel members I3.

The present invention also contemplates a support for Venetian blinds which may be installed in substantially the same way as the curtain and shade support previously described. Such a construction is shown in Figure 6 and includes the identical rod 3 shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. However, in lieu of the supporting brackets 8 We have provided slightly different brackets 25. These brackets are of right-angular construction and have one arm 26 provided with a dove-tailed groove for reception of the plates 1 on the ends of the extensible rod 3. The other arms of the right-angular brackets however, instead of extending in a vertical plane and lying against the front face of the window frame are directed inwardly toward each other and lie in a horizontal plane. These arms of the brackets 25 are indicated by the numeral 21 and are each provided with a dove-tailed groove on its under side for reception of a plate fixed to the top of the Venetian blinds adjacent the sides thereof. It is thus apparent that the Venetian blinds may be easily installed by connecting them to the rod 3 in the manner indicated and then expanding the rod so as to firmly clamp the brackets 25 against the inner faces of the frame.

In accordance with the patent statutes we have described what we now believe to be the preferred form of the invention but inasmuch as various minor changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention it is intended that all such changes be included within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined window curtain and shade support including an extensible rod, plates fixed to the ends of the rod, a right-angular bracket for each end of the rod, a dove-tailed groove formed on one arm of each bracket and adapted to receive the plate on the rod, the other arm of each bracket provided with means for supporting window curtains and shades.

2. A combined window curtain and shade support including an extensible rod, plates fixed to the ends of the rod, a right-angular bracket for each end of the rod, a dove-tailed groove formed on each arm of each bracket, one arm of each bracket adapted to receive the plate on the rod, and the other end of each bracket adapted to receive curtain and shade fixtures.

3. A combined window curtain and shade support including an extensible rod, plates fixed to the ends of the rod, a right-angular bracket for each end of the rod, a dove-tailed groove formed on each arm of each bracket, one arm of each bracket adapted to receive the plate on the rod, and a channel plate adapted to be mounted in the other arm of each bracket.

4. A combined window curtain and shade sup- 5. A window shade support including an eX- tensible rod, plates fixed to the ends of the rod, a right-angular bracket for each end of the rod, a dove-tailed groove formed on each arm of each bracket, one arm of each bracket adapted to receive'the plate on the, end of the rod, and the other arm of each bracket adapted to receive a window shade fixture.

HAROLD R. WESTFALL. WOODWARD W. WESTFAIL. 

